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/ˈbɪlbəʊz/ · noun
An iron bar placed around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles..
… me thought I lay Worse then the mutines in the Bilboes, rashly,
The bilboes looked like handcuffs that went around the ankles. The prisoner lay flat on his back, in the dirt, his feet suspended in the air by a length of iron bar to which the bilboes were fastened.
Use bilboes when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bilboes means An iron bar placed around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles..
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… me thought I lay Worse then the mutines in the Bilboes, rashly,
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